Scale dependent effects of biotic resistance to biological invasion

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1428-1433

  Byers, James E ^a   Noonburg, Erik G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Biotic resistance; Community stability; Exotic species; Interaction strength; Invasibility; Lotka Volterra; Species diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; INVASIBILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0344584968     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-3131     Document Type: Article

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